News from Orange Rotary Club

www.orange-rotary.org

Ron Lacey- Club President 2012-13

Best Club in District 5320 2011-12

Home Club for District Governor Jim Lorman 2012-13
Sakuji Tanaka Rotary International President 2012-13

March 28, 2013

Rotary Literacy Month

Greetings!

Pres Ron Lacey

Attention members of the Rotary Club Of Orange. I am writing this to you with a faint sense of disbelief. Why? My perception of you all as members include a belief in the fact that as Rotarians, you all, and I mean ALL OF YOU are very special. However, I am also noting a bit of disinterest in working even a little bit to help make our club even better than it already is.

I have made you all aware that the very special and very private survey is ready for your attention. This is a no cost to you effort to find out how you would like to either change or have everything the same as it always has been. Free of charge to you that is except for a brief 10 minutes for your time. No one, not even me will know who you are when doing the survey. Complete anonymity, privacy. A chance to express yourself without making a commitment to anything.

Only 39 of our 100 members have taken the 10 minutes to do the survey. I implore you to step up, click the link below and do your duty to make this a worthwhile effort. Many of us are involved in trying to make things in our club as we believe you want them. However, without your input it is difficult for us to know exactly what it is you want.

The new Rotary International President for 2013-2014 Mr. Ron D. Burton said "You are wearing the "PIN", now act like it.

I likewise challenge you, you are Rotarians, so please step up and do this brief assignment. Just 10 minutes, but it will do a lot of good. Do it today. You will honestly be glad you did, and feel better that you did your job. Click the link below to take the survey if you haven't done so already.

http://ask.actionable.com/rotary

Ron

Today's Program:

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Presented by William G Steiner

Most know Rotarian Bill Steiner as the Founding Director of Orangewood Children's Home, Orange County's emergency shelter for abused and neglected children. But he also worked on behalf of vulnerable throughout the United States as a Board member for 16 years for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Washington, DC.

In this capacity he served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and was seen as a national expert on the issue of missing and exploited children. The Center, which was established when Congress passed the Missing Children's Assistance Act in 1984, served as the national clearing house for all reports of missing and exploited children throughout the United Sates.

As a result of public education and awareness, training of law enforcement professionals and a network of professionals using technology, the recovery of missing children has gone from 62% in 1990 to 97% presently. From the initial use of milk cartons to display the images of missing children to the current use of Amber Alerts, school based prevention programs and age progression technology, tools are now available that have significantly protected America's children.

Bill previously presented a program on NCMEC to the club in 2006 that focused on the recovery of children who were displaced from their families as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

This program will focus on the Cyber Tip Line which was established by Congress in 1998 as a reporting mechanism for child exploitation including pornographic images of children, on-line enticement of children for sex acts, molestation of children outside the family, sex tourism of children, child victims of prostitution and unsolicited obscene material sent to a child. 17.3 million images and videos of suspected child pornography were reviewed in 2011, four times more than in 2007.

NCMEC collaborates with the FBI, the United States Secret Service, the State Department, the Postal Service, Customs, the Department of Homeland Security and local law enforcement to present a united front in dealing with these issues.

39th Annual Police and Fire Awards

Thursday, April 11th

Grand Catered Events - noon

Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased from Bill Steiner

Ads in the Program Book are available for $25 business card, $75 half page and $200 full page. Your Ad purchases help defray the meal costs for guests and the award repceipents.

Questions call Bill at 714-287-9604 or email me, just click here

District Conference Hospitality Night

With over 23 Rotary Clubs participating, ORC too!
Plenty of Appetizers, Things on a Stick, Lots of Desserts, Lots more Wine, Beer and the Good Stuff!! Wow its all at Knotts Berry Farm in the Tahitian Village area. This is a private area for us and it's a South Pacific Theme!

The cost for the Friday Night Hospitality

Event is $25 or $40 at the door on May 3rd

Personal Thank You

A personal word of thanks from Bill and Mary Cordes for all your prayers

and phone calls; and most of all, your friendship since the death of my brother Bert on March 13th. He was four years younger than I.

We had 76 wonderful years together, with many special memories.

Thanks Again - Bill & Mary Cordes

Volunteers Needed

The City of Orange

needs volunteers to help with the 125 Year City Birthday Party
on Saturday April 6 between noon and 2:30 PM.

If you would help, please contact

Ashleigh Anderson Camba, Library Volunteer Coordinator/Community Room Coordinator. Orange Public Library,

Phone: (714) 744-7284, Fax: (714) 771-6126,

www.cityoforange.org/library

Rotary Minute: What have you learned from being a Rotarian?

Orange Rotarians, Check out the You Tube Video

by the Orange Sunrise Club

Let's let the world know about our Orange club
(best club in the district), and the good things we do!

Let's get our video out there! Time for some planning. Yes?

Start Something Good!

Guest Speakers

March 28
Bill Steiner
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

April 4
Jack ReValle
Broken Arrow Project
Part Two

April 11
Orange Police
& Fire Awards